In a few weeks, my eldest child starts school. As we prepare by learning to tie shoelaces, raising your hand when you want to speak, to not hitting his brothers (note: other classmates); it’s mostly an exciting experience. Though, I feel slightly sad. He’ll learn to love his more experienced, all-round calmer kindergarten teacher. He’ll […]
I decided to write this article because I have been using the ‘time out’ disciplinary method for a little while now and I have found it very effective. I also heard the complaints and concerns of other mother’s who have ‘tried’ the timeout method and found it didn’t work. After further discussion I found the
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Good morning! That is if you managed some sleep last night. I consider myself lucky as both by 3-year old and baby awoke at the same time last night, 3am; one for a feed and the other from a bad dream. I am humored how my ideas of sleep have changed so drastically, from expecting
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Being a parent is a challenging job! There are some days when I question why I acted or reacted a certain way with my children. Was it the best way? Could I have responded with more patience and remained more calm and composed? As parents, we want to try and maintain a close and open
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The tug of war began; “Noooo! It’s MINE”…! I watched somewhat embarrassingly as my two-year old child proceeded to collect every toy that he could possibly clasp in his two hands, just so it was out of range for the other children. So why is the concept of sharing so difficult for young children
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Just recently, my almost three-year old son asked me for a chocolate from the pantry. Seeing it was just past 7am, I explained that it is not a good habit to eat chocolate so early in the morning. His voice quickly escalated three pitches higher and in a shaky tone he said “PLEASE MUMMY I
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Teaching modesty to your children is so important, yet it can be forgotten and misunderstood in today’s world. In this article you will learn the fundamentals of modesty, and how to teach them to the your children. Firstly, what is Modesty? Is it wearing a shawl over a sleeve-less dress? Wearing a knee-length skirt? Wearing
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Our eldest child is five and a half and he has never received a present from Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, neither have our subsequent children. Early on in our marriage my husband and I each voiced our disapproval of the commercialisation and secularisation of Christmas and Santa Claus particularly. We wanted to keep our
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How do you know when your toddler is ready to start toilet training? Toilet training can be a tricky process and can be hard to tell when your child is ready. Generally most toddlers are ready for toilet training somewhere between two and three years of age. It does require a lot of patience as well
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In the last few months we announced to family and friends that we were having our fourth child. At present we have three children under six and our eldest is not yet at school though he will be next year. We knew the responses would be mixed, but we weren’t quite prepared for how significant
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